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A year ago my wife and I cut the cord. We gave up cable and switched to a media PC with Hulu and Streaming Netflix as our primary sources. It's been a great cha
by enjo 16y ago
A year ago my wife and I cut the cord. We gave up cable and switched to a media PC with Hulu and Streaming Netflix as our primary sources. It's been a great change for us (particularly with Hulu+), but I do think Google TV is pretty hopelessly misguided.
It seems like a lot of folks are convinced there is a lot of great TV out there on the Internet and it's just a matter of finding it. That doesn't really seem to be true to me. Most quality content is rather short. Mr Deity and the like aren't really "curl up on the couch" TV. I don't want to surf, I want to be passively entertained. That means in half-hour chunks with high production values. You know, like the Networks tend to create.
For that you seem to have three real options:
1. Hulu
2. Netflix
3. Torrents
I'm not really into the hassle and dubious legal status of #3... but past that what's the point? Until there are folks truly producing great content, discoverability really isn't the issue is it? Yet isn't that what Google is trying to solve here? I just don't really get it.
- mrthreeplates 16y agoFor cutting the cord, there is another source of content that most people ignore completely: digital broadcast TV. The quality is superb and in major metro areas there are tons of channels. In the San Francisco bay area, I get 67 channels and all the major networks. The trick is to use a box that can do both OTT and OTA. This is where a Media PC really shines. Here is the one I built: http://www.cuttingthebills.com/2010/04/do-it-yourself-do-it-all-media-pc-for.html http://www.cuttingthebills.com/2010/04/do-it-yourself-do-it-...
- rb2k_ 16y agoIt's nice to see how the "three real options" break down in Germany. Hulu: nope Netflix: nope Torrents: works
- guelo 16y agoWell, why are german people watching american content? Why don't the german language producers create there own version of hulu?
- rb2k_ 16y agoBecause the US spends so much money on production value that we can't compete and just dub stuff. While these dubs are really high quality, I personally find awful to watch them since a lot of jokes or puns get lost in translation :(
- pontifier 16y agoSorry I haven't launched yet. I'm working on it, then you'll have #4 and it will work worldwide.